Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-29
THE PARROT PRoP1RrIm

Elsst3on ef ofroesors % b field To-Dey-
II. Holssr's Views Of b Copper lit
uaeon-A Few Words About the Hsl
eDs, Boulder . Butte.
Mr.. A. N. Hotter, Of Helena, is in towr
to attend the meeting Of the directory 6
the Parrot Company which occurs to-day
The stock which is held by Eastern parties
will be represented only by proxies, which
Mr.. Gaylord. Manager OF the Parrot Smell
ter, holds. Mr.. Hotter. Mr.. Gaylord and
Mr.. Ben Tibbey. Superintendent Of the Par
rot mine, are the only Directors who will be
present. The election of . new Board o.
Directors and hearing the report OF thu
progress OF the company will be the bust
ness before the meeting. Mr.. Hotter was
met ut the St. Nicholas, where he is quar-,
tered, and asked about the progress OF the
| Parrot property. II can give you no def.
| mite information about that" said he. II
/ am going to be enlightened on that point
tomorrow. I visited the smelter to-day.
and. so far as l observed.
EVERYTHING WAS SATISFACTORY.
1t is two years since I visited the mine, and
during that time it has developed greatly.
Everything there is under Mr.. Tibbey's
control, and no better man for the place
can be found. OF course 1 don't know
certainly, but / suppose the old board will
be reelected. At the present price OF cop
per there is some profit in mining it
but very little, and if there is not a mater
ial advance soon it will result in
compelling the smaller mines to
shut down. The Parrot ships all it's matte
to Bridgeport for refinement. The Parrot
copper is, I think, fully the equal of Lake,
but the latter has the name, and so OBJ
tains q slightly higher price. A few years
ago Mr.. Gaylord thought the price OF cop
per never could 60 below ii cents. I told
him l thought the production of the West
would bring the price down. He thought it
would fe
CNPROFITABLE TO WORK
below that price, but we are now only get
ting ten cents. and it was lower. or course
there is very little profit in it at this figure
and many OF the mines cannot stand it,"
In reply to inquiries as to the road from
Helena coming Buttewards, in which he
and the Hauser syndicate are interested,
Mr.. Hotter stated that the Helena, Boulder
& Butte is only located to Colvins. twenty
five miles from here. 1t is an extension
Of the Helena d Wickes branch
and it's ultimate destination be supposed
was Butte. Contracts have only been let
to Colvins as yet, though the balance OF the
road has been surveyed. 1t DIVORCES rom
the Wicke5 branch at Jefferson then comes
to the Boulder which it follows to
Colvins. The intention has been to bring
it up by way Of the lowlands and into
Butte by Yankee Doodle Gulch. This road
will have a higher elevation than the
Montana Central.
A CLOSE CALL. 2
Col. Curtis speaking to a MINER repre-.
sentative yesterday said: II want to tell
you an anecdote which the presence OF Mr..
Hotter in the city recalls. It was away
back in the early days when he was work
ing in the vicinity Of Virginia City. He was
held up 10y some road agents in a lonely
place one day, and all they could find on
his person was fifty cents. This disap- |
then SO that in a spirit of mali |
spite they made him stand up and
have his nat shot off his head. The first !
,bot knocked his hat of, but just grazed
Mr.. Holter's skull. There said the lead
r, you 60 along this time, but If we ever
,atcb you again with as small a sum about |
7oua as fifty cents, III put a bullet through
'olr head sure"